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Seattle’s first openly transgender police officer praised for coming out

The Seattle Police Department’s (SPD) first openly transgender officer has described the warm welcome he received when he came out to his colleagues last year.

In an interview with Seattle broadcaster KING yesterday, Tori Newburn, 32, said that when he revealed his status to colleagues in May 2016, he received thank you cards and was openly congratulated in person.

“I was happy to see and hear that nobody had anything bad to say. They weren't sugar coating anything just because they knew a transgender person was in the room,” Mr Newburn said.

“Because they didn't. That was very encouraging.”

Mr Newburn, who grew up in Southern California and transitioned a decade ago with the help of his parents, said his decision was inspired after the SPD released a transgender training video.

He has been working with the SPD since December 2014.

Fellow officer Jim Ritter, responsible for starting the SPD’s Safe Place program, said Mr Newburn’s decision will help contribute to dispelling “a lot of misinformation about transgender individuals”.